Example sentences of "two [noun pl] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two guineas were paid for the use of the engine and hose , with payment of two shillings for the first hour and one shilling per hour afterwards for firemen , and one shilling for the first hour and six pence afterwards for pumpers . |
| 2 | Competition on the Leith-Newcastle-Hull route become particularly fierce as other companies tried to break the monopoly and prices for Leith to Hull around 1874 were as low as two shillings for the single journey . |
| 3 | We have , just in this fact , an argument that if we had to choose one of the two strategies for the indefinite future we would do better to choose pragmatism , because it is so much more adaptive . |
| 4 | Although Midland Software has always had an absence monitoring module , Mr Shepherd identifies two reasons for the new approach reflected in Delphi Absence . |
| 5 | In a papal register of 1322–3 an Avignonese clerk noted that there were two reasons for the disturbed state of Aquitaine at that time : the existence of laws and customs which were neither written down nor consistent with justice or reason ; and the maintenance of excessively large households and retinues by the nobility . |
| 6 | According to Neill Macklin , marketing director for Hutchison , there are two reasons for the slow take-up : that the company realised late last year it did not have sufficient geographical coverage to promote the service fully , and because it ‘ had n't predicted the onslaught from the low-cost cellular services [ of Cellnet and Vodafone ] ’ . |
| 7 | Limitations are imposed by the fact that you have to wait two months for the educational psychologist , you have to close the biology lab when it rains because it leaks and they have n't sent anyone to repair it yet , you have to apply for a short in-service course rather than the full-time MA that you really wanted to do because there are n't any secondments any more . |
| 8 | I was taken into hospital with high blood pressure the day after doing my last two pictures for the British Hairdressing Awards and Isha was born the following day . |
| 9 | Eleven months later , the indictment of two Libyans for the mass murder of 270 people at Lockerbie struck most Americans as little more than a formality , giving practical effect to what they — ; and most of the media — already thought they knew . |
| 10 | Two goodies for the whole family : if Willow ( PG RCA/Col 20 Oct ) never quite manages to fulfill its own fantasies , it is nevertheless an impressive box of tricks . |
| 11 | The main concrete results of the summit were ( i ) the signing of an agreement banning the production of chemical weapons ; ( ii ) a set of accords normalizing commercial relations between the two countries for the first time in 50 years ; and ( iii ) a provisional treaty on nuclear weapons . |
| 12 | The director said that it would take between one and two weeks for the Soviet Union to send the forces it is currently pulling out , back into eastern Europe . |
| 13 | Data of the type outlined in Table 7.1 have two drawbacks for the rural geographer . |
| 14 | He was sentenced to twelve years for the rape , a maximum two years for the indecent assault and a further two years for the burglary . |
| 15 | By 1989–90 the budget was £15.54 million ( 0.53 per cent of the total government expenditure on civil science and technology research and development ) , with an additional £760,000 over two years for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and £5 million pledged to fund the new centre for the prediction of climate change announced by Mrs Thatcher in her UN speech on the environment . |
| 16 | This results in the analyser producing two readings for the second sentence . |
| 17 | Splitting into two teams for the first attempt , Fowler and Jones climbed the incomplete Japanese route up the south ridge but were driven back by poor weather , while Saunders and Sustad attempted the spur . |
| 18 | They want money , they want two pounds for the first lot which they 've had that and two pounds for that |
| 19 | The dashed curve shows the result if the mass of the Z is 93 GeV ; the straight line is the asymmetry if there is no Z. The most recent results are with a total electron-positron energy of 35 GeV , but at this energy the two curves for the expected asymmetry differ by only about I per cent . |
| 20 | This cuts two ways for the evicted home-owner . |
| 21 | Abbotsfield and Carinish Court : Peter had heard the two names for the first time on the same evening in July 1964 . |
| 22 | Two names for the same condition that was once life-threatening to both mother and baby but could now easily be brought under control — if warning signs were heeded in time . |
| 23 | In the case of two tangencies for the same indifference curve illustrated by 10 in the figure , a ‘ gap ’ is created in labour supply as there is no wage at which the individual will choose the number of hours associated with the ‘ kink ’ point 2 . |
| 24 | Sent me two sheets for the official ledger , two sheets peoples handicaps , three medals and two medal certificates and that was the whole |
| 25 | Now the tickets are four quid each , you can get 'em on the door , but if you 'd like two tickets , phone us on , we 'll send 'em by first class post , we need your postcode , give us a ring now , if you 'd like two tickets for the grand charity dance , modern , old-time and sequence featuring Phil , resident organist at the Tower Ballroom Blackpool . |
| 26 | ‘ If you 're up in London tomorrow — ’ Guy broke into the conversation calmly , having opted for a wedge of Virginia 's baked raisin cheesecake in preference to fresh strawberries , or rich chocolate gâteau , ‘ I 've got two tickets for the American Ballet Theatre . ’ |
| 27 | hello there … yes we 've come to Prestbury Park as Cheltenham readies itself for Gold Cup Week … we 'll be looking ahead to the festival in a few moments and also giving you the chance to win two tickets for the big day … first the weekend action and the big race in football … the chase for promotion |
| 28 | To Tom Reynolds ' mind , there were two causes for the rapid downfall of the company . |
| 29 | Ferguson Shipbuilders at Port Glasgow , which was rescued from closure three years ago , has launched the first of two ferries for the Red Funnel line . |
| 30 | On the following night Jackson gave a speech which , while endorsing Clinton , included the radical rhetoric which he had used in his past two campaigns for the presidential nomination . |